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| ArRIMoNIAL.--Tuesday evening at the
residence of Mr.. Aaron Grimm, large
number Of relatives aud friends We're gath
cred to witness the marriage Of Mr.. Jonas
Il. wolford to Miss Emma V. Grimm.
| The officiating minister was Rev. w. +.
Roberts, Of the NJ. Il. Church. The bride
| was attired in grey cloth dress, trimmed
with beads and looked charming, The
| groom wore the conventional black. At
ter the ceremony was performed, the new
| ly welded couple received the congratula-
| tions OF their many friends after which the
| guests adjourned TO the dining room, where
bountful repast awaited them. The
bride was the reel pieut of many handsome
presents, some of which are as follows:
/ Miss Emma Buser, butter dish Mrs. Aman-
1 da johnson, preserve dish; Mrs. Faux
| ner and Mrs. Pierce, toilet set; Miss Fam
| ME Monkey, pair preserve dishes; Miss
| Ella Grimm, s.; Miss Nora Helterstay,
glass pitcher; Miss Ida Grim, butter dish;
Miss Sallie Fetzer, chair tidy; Miss Mary
/ Fetzer, h ALI dozen napkins; Miss Jennie
Ambrose, half dozen desert dishes; Mr.
Aaron Grim, shell mirror; Mr.. George
| Fetzer. linen table cloth Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Grim, pair towels and half dozen
napkins; Mr.. Asbery Chambers, butter
dish; Mr.. Elmer Grimm, pair counter
panes: Mr. John Hoffman half dozen sill
4 yer-plated kniies; Mr.. Robert Harrison,
half dozen silyer-platcd forks; Dir. and
Mrs. A NJ. Grim, 25 yards Of carpet. We
extend our congratulations TO the happy
couple The guests expressed themselves
as having spent a pleasant evening, and
at n late hour, all departed for their home.
! HARPER IS MAGAZINE for February
is peculiarly strong Number, being
freighted with three serial stories, any
one of which would be an extraordin-
airy feast. The striking frontispiece,
"Moose Hunting by Jack-light," is one
of Mr.. Frost's brilliant illustration to
the paper on "Moose Hunting by
Henry 2. Wells. Charles Dudley War
ner describes the Bayou Teche Country
of Southern Louisiana, known as 1.-THE
Acadian Land" very entertainingly,
and his fellow-traveller, the artist, w.
III. Gibson, beautifully illustrates his
text. Mr.. Howell's new novel, "April
Hopes, !" begins with every assurance of
excelling even his high standard, TAX
ing Boston life of to-day for his theme
The conclusion of Sir Edward Reeds
survey Of the Continental navies of Eu.
rope carefully measures the naval
strength of Italy, Russia, Germany,
Austria, and Turkey. The war CORES
pendent, Frank ID. Millet, contributes
sequel to his illustrated description
\ of Summer life among the Cossacks in
the January Number. "a Winter Cam
paign with the Cossacks" contains sew
! eral thrilling and curious passages re-
counting the hardy, adventurous life of
these pioneers of the Czar's army. The
eleventh part OF Blaekmore's novel
"Springhayen," rapidlp progresses to-
wards the close of Nelson's splendid ca
4 reer. Abraham Cowley's poem, "The
WISH" contained in 1.-THE Mistress
is exquisitely illustrated by ten draw
ings from Alfred Parsons and Edwin
A.. Abbey. The second part of 'Narka,'
Kathleen O'Meara's dramatic story of
Russian life, moves powerfully amid
4 stirring scenes. George William Cur
tbs, in the Editors Easy Char, talks
with his general raciness Of the Amer
can Opera, the limits of newspaper pro-
! prieties, the value of censure, domestic
service as an employment for American
women, aud Joe jefferson. w. ID.
Howells, in the Editors Study, makes
most careful and delightful estimate of
short stories as peculiar phase ofmod-
ern li.erature, and enumerates the
most successful writer's OF them. The
Editors Drawer Is we'll filled with spi-
cy hnmors, introduced by an essay from
| Charles Dudley Warner on February,
and concluding with page drawing OF
English arislocratic pecnliarities by
George Du Maurier. a
! In LIPPrNcoTTs MONTHLY MAeA.
ZINE, we dnd Il complete new novel by
Miss M, g. McClelland. whose ..obliv-
ion" placed her among the most prom
Using Of the younger American authors,
is the leading attraction Of Lippincof,'s